Review on Microsoft Xbox 360 Controller for Windows Bundle by Wiktor Stpie ᠌

The joystick was created for modern games, like Batman Arkham City, in which control problems do not arise. But if you want to play on the emulator of old consoles, the native driver is absolutely not enough for you. I'm talking about console emulators with support for analog sticks and vibration, because it was with the configuration of these functions that I had difficulty. For example, emulators Nintendo 64, PlayStation 1, 2, Gamecube. So what can you expect: 1. Problem with calibration. Enter “joy. Cpl” (without quotes) in the search bar in the Start menu, you will be taken to the joystick settings menu, where you need to select calibration in the properties and then follow the instructions (first rotate the left stick in a circle, then the right one right-left, up- bottom, then bottom triggers in turn) 2. The native driver cannot coordinate the vibration with the emulator in any way, that is, the vibration will not work at all until you install XBCD. After installing a third-party driver, the emulator immediately starts to see that the joystick supports vibration - and there you can already adjust its intensity directly in the emulator. 3. Problem with analog sticks. The fact is that with the native driver, the emulator will not perceive the full range of directions. This translates into the fact that when you squeeze the left stick all the way diagonally, your character in the game will act there as if you pressed only halfway. As a rule, then the character is walking, not running. This is fixed again in XBCD: run the XBCD Setup Utility program, and in the Xbox tab, check the Full Range checkboxes under the left and right sticks there and click the Apply button. Do not do this if you have Windows 7 64bit - for this system, unfortunately, the developers have not yet learned how to enable the full range of the joystick, and checking the boxes will cause a BSOD. After that, perform the calibration again: you should reach all the corners of the square with a controlled cross. In this case, you are using the full range of the stick, and there should be no problems with emulators.